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the taliban has shown no -- no interest as of yet in such a deal. she also is reportedly going there to facilitate cooperation with pakistan to get associate press's reporting and arrive in is lla islamab islamabad. they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the haqanni network. they very much want to stress their concerns about this haqanni network and those attacks and that these goals are important enough to set up this trip. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning, thank you. >>> take you now to greece where parliament is due to take a final vote on a hugely unpopular austerity budget. in the streets of athens angry workers are staging a two-day general strike and there have been some ugly clashes with police. rioting broke out yesterday when more than 100,000 protesters took to the streets. they say they will surround the parliament building today to keep lawmakers from entering. >>> in paris, french first lady carla bruni ha
the taliban has shown no -- no interest as of yet in such a deal. she also is reportedly going there to facilitate cooperation with pakistan to get associate press's reporting and arrive in is lla islamab islamabad. they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the haqanni network. they very much want to stress their concerns about this haqanni network and those attacks and that these goals...
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of course, the taliban has shown no -- no interest as of yet in such a deal. she also is reportedly going there to facilitate cooperation with pakistan to get associated press' reporting and arrive in islamabad. with a high level of military officials including head of the cia david petraeus and they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan. and they want their help. cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the haqqani network. that is a militant network based in pakistan that is allied with the taliban. the u.s. is trying to demand that the pakistanis perhaps lost their own offensive against the haqqanis and show some kind of cooperation. the bottom line is the u.s. wants to make a show of wanting a deeper relationship with pakistan but want to stress their concerns about this haqqani network and those attacks and that these goals are important enough to set up this trip. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning, thank you. >>> take you now to greece where pa
of course, the taliban has shown no -- no interest as of yet in such a deal. she also is reportedly going there to facilitate cooperation with pakistan to get associated press' reporting and arrive in islamabad. with a high level of military officials including head of the cia david petraeus and they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan. and they want their help. cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue...
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. >> our military is breaking the momentum of the insurgents and the radicalized portion of the taliban. >> reporter: he added while the current strategy is showing signs of progress, it's reversible. biden promised long-term support for the pledging afghan government, even after u.s. combat troops leave. >> the united states, if the afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leighing in 2014. hopefully we will totally turned over the ability to the afghan security forces to maintain the security of the country. but we are not leaving. >> while touring a military training center outside kabul, the vice president saw firsthand efforts to prepare afghan troops to take over security responsibility. the u.s. hopes to train 200 afghan soldiers and police officers by the end of the year. serious questions remain about the effectiveness and capabilities of afghan forces to take on a formidable taliban insurgency. vice president biden heads to islamabad next and today he says he will pakistani leaders to do more to tackle taliban safe havens across the border. it drew a large smile from
. >> our military is breaking the momentum of the insurgents and the radicalized portion of the taliban. >> reporter: he added while the current strategy is showing signs of progress, it's reversible. biden promised long-term support for the pledging afghan government, even after u.s. combat troops leave. >> the united states, if the afghan people want it, are prepared and we are not leighing in 2014. hopefully we will totally turned over the ability to the afghan security...
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. >> 30 americans died saturday when a taliban insurgent fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopter. top military commanders say the incident is not a sign the taliban is gaining strength just an unfortunate. unfortunate shocked >> able to set up an ambush and fire on a helicopter as it came into the landing at a time when the helicopter was most vulnerable. it is slow and predictable and it greatly increases the chance of the helicopter getting knocked down. >> most of those who died were part of the navy seal team 6 the unit that killed osama bin laden. none of those killed in the crash took part in that mission. >> they were far from home doing what they wanted to do. >> arrivals at dover are not open to media coverage. but today the bodies have not been properly identified yet. abc news, dover. >>> monitoring a developing story. authorities are searching for missing bethesda. woman in bethesda 35-year-old robyn gardner vanished last week. her boyfriend said she left on july 31 on what he thought was a trip with a friend. now richard forrester appeals that she was with
. >> 30 americans died saturday when a taliban insurgent fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the chinook helicopter. top military commanders say the incident is not a sign the taliban is gaining strength just an unfortunate. unfortunate shocked >> able to set up an ambush and fire on a helicopter as it came into the landing at a time when the helicopter was most vulnerable. it is slow and predictable and it greatly increases the chance of the helicopter getting knocked down....
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taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination. officials have raised concern that it will lead to new fights who controls afghanistan's southern province. >>> board of supervisors will vote today on a proposal to ask 12 other california bodies if they want to break away from california and form their own state. it calls for creating south california stretching from san diego and orange county into the south to mariposa county and riverside county supervisor jeff stone believes california has become too big to govern. a spokesman for the governor says it's a waste of everybody's time. >> peace and quiet, popular hotel chain unveils the first anti-snoring room. >> and first and last shuttle spacewalk is happening right now. >> and firefighters in one bay area station didn't have to go very far to respond to an overnight crash. what police say led to a crash right outside the firefighters' front door. >>> you're looking live picture from nasa tv. its spacewalk, the final spacewalk of the space shuttle era. two as
taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination. officials have raised concern that it will lead to new fights who controls afghanistan's southern province. >>> board of supervisors will vote today on a proposal to ask 12 other california bodies if they want to break away from california and form their own state. it calls for creating south california stretching from san diego and orange county into the south to mariposa county and riverside county supervisor jeff stone...
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taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination. officials have raised concern that it will lead to new fights who controls afghanistan's southern province. >>> board of supervisors will vote today on a proposal to ask 12 other california bodies if they want to break away from california and form their own state. it calls for creating south california stretching from san diego and orange county into the south to mariposa county and riverside county supervisor jeff stone believes california has become too big to govern. a spokesman for the governor says it's a waste of everybody's time. >> peace and quiet, popular hotel chain unveils the first anti-snoring room. >> and first and last shuttle spacewalk is happening right now. >> and firefighters in one bay area station didn't have to go very far to respond to an overnight crash. what police say led to a crash right outside the firefighters' >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >>> you're looking live picture from nasa tv. its spacewalk, the final spacewalk of the
taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination. officials have raised concern that it will lead to new fights who controls afghanistan's southern province. >>> board of supervisors will vote today on a proposal to ask 12 other california bodies if they want to break away from california and form their own state. it calls for creating south california stretching from san diego and orange county into the south to mariposa county and riverside county supervisor jeff stone...
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we've heard from the taliban. they claim responsibility. they said they sent in two men, that one detonated his explosives and one was shot by military officials. they're saying there might be another suicide bomber still alive running around in the hospital trying to elude security forces. so we're not even sure at this point that the operation is over, even though the taliban is saying it is. the taliban saying 51 people was killed during this operation in targeting this security hospital. we're trying to get to the bottom of this, trying to figure out exactly how many people have been killed, and if operation is still under way, we hope to have more in the next few hours. t.j.? >> we appreciate you as always. thanks so much. i did want to take a turn now back to this country and the severe weather we've been watching for a while now. certainly one thing people in flooded areas do not need right now, don't want to see right now: rain. they may be getting up to five inches of it today. jean is standing by in the mississippi. jean, it was r
we've heard from the taliban. they claim responsibility. they said they sent in two men, that one detonated his explosives and one was shot by military officials. they're saying there might be another suicide bomber still alive running around in the hospital trying to elude security forces. so we're not even sure at this point that the operation is over, even though the taliban is saying it is. the taliban saying 51 people was killed during this operation in targeting this security hospital....
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there is hope, since the fall of the taliban in 2001 women's roles are changing. today women are playing an increasing role in commerce, politics and agriculture. in a society dominated by men every step is small. >> clearly a lot of what we are doing in afghanistan is an attempt to bring democracy to women and girls in a culture that's been very damaging to them. >> we are seeing women empowered. we asked one leader moments ago and she said many women are in the afghanistan parliament today, they are getting more successes, more leadership and we are starting to seat benefits of their involvement today, throughout the communities here. >> indiana farmer kit tom met one woman starting her own business. >> the changes that the woman bring, money and the benefits to the family, the family also -- and they give us allow to go to work because when they see the woman working at the culture or the afghanistan culture -- very nicely and bring the money and working and it's all successful and also the family support it. >> a venture with challenges on a number of levels.
there is hope, since the fall of the taliban in 2001 women's roles are changing. today women are playing an increasing role in commerce, politics and agriculture. in a society dominated by men every step is small. >> clearly a lot of what we are doing in afghanistan is an attempt to bring democracy to women and girls in a culture that's been very damaging to them. >> we are seeing women empowered. we asked one leader moments ago and she said many women are in the afghanistan...
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because of you, we're now taking the fight to the taliban instead of the taliban bringing the fight to us. and because of you, there are signs that the taliban may be interestedn figuring out a political settlement,whicgoing e critical for consolidating that country. it's also because of you that we have the platform to be able toll go after bin laden and al qaeda and we have decimated their ranks. al qaeda leadershi half of them, have been killed and most of them are now on the run and they can't operate as effectively as they could. so the main message i ha for all of you here today is that the american people understand the sacrifices you're making, they understand the sacrifices your families are making. our job is not finished. if you looked at the schedule that i set forth, we're only bringing out 10,000 by the end of this year, we're going to bring out all 33,000 thate surged by next summer. but there's still some fighting to be done. and then we're still goi to have 68,000 and, frankly, the 10th mountain division is still going to be represented there until we have fully transf
because of you, we're now taking the fight to the taliban instead of the taliban bringing the fight to us. and because of you, there are signs that the taliban may be interestedn figuring out a political settlement,whicgoing e critical for consolidating that country. it's also because of you that we have the platform to be able toll go after bin laden and al qaeda and we have decimated their ranks. al qaeda leadershi half of them, have been killed and most of them are now on the run and they...
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airstrike has killed the taliban insurgents who shot down an american helicopter in afghanistan. over the weekend. general john allen, the u.s. marine commander in afghanistan said the bombing by an f-16 fighter jet did not, though, kill the region's taliban leader. general allen declined to comment on why so many elite troops, including navy s.e.a.l.s and army rangers were involved in the initial firefight. the news comes as defense officials now update the death toll from last week's attack. they say 17 navy s.e.a.l.s died along with five members of the navy previous report had said that 22 s.e.a.l.s were killed in that incident. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," big news in the world of business. as steve jobs and his various addictive devices push apple past exxonmobil to the top of one impressive list. we'll tell you what it is. >>> plus, why, why would you do this? the los angeles dodgers forced to release a statement after an usher takes a ball away from a sweet little kid. that story and the pennant races ahead in sports and we will of course get a check on weather
airstrike has killed the taliban insurgents who shot down an american helicopter in afghanistan. over the weekend. general john allen, the u.s. marine commander in afghanistan said the bombing by an f-16 fighter jet did not, though, kill the region's taliban leader. general allen declined to comment on why so many elite troops, including navy s.e.a.l.s and army rangers were involved in the initial firefight. the news comes as defense officials now update the death toll from last week's attack....
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but, according to the taliban, the taliban spokesman here told cnn that, in fact, it was two suicide bombers who carried out this attack. one of them went in, same area, they said. detonated their explosives. they said the other one was actually shot by security forces when they raided the area after the first one detonated his explosives. according to the taliban, 51 people were killed in that attack. according to all the government officials we have spoken with here, they are maintaining that the death toll at this point is six, although they do expect it to go higher as the evening progresses. t.j. >> this comes as general david petraeus is actually warning about the possibility of an increase of high-profile attacks this summer. >> that's right, t.j. really underscores this memorandum that was released by general petraeus today to nato's security assistance force in which he basically warned that we should be on the lookout for more attacks of this nature because the taliban is trying and insurgents here are trying to prove that they can carry out these kind of attacks. general p
but, according to the taliban, the taliban spokesman here told cnn that, in fact, it was two suicide bombers who carried out this attack. one of them went in, same area, they said. detonated their explosives. they said the other one was actually shot by security forces when they raided the area after the first one detonated his explosives. according to the taliban, 51 people were killed in that attack. according to all the government officials we have spoken with here, they are maintaining that...
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the taliban have claimed responsibility. they're also speaking up in a statement, they say that the helicopter was actually attacking one of their compounds in wardak province southwest of the capital of kabul. they say this compound actually was an area where there are taliban fighters operated from. they said as soon as the helicopter started approaching their area, they fired a rocket at this helicopter and that's what made the helicopter crash and kill the americans and the afghans on board. obviously, this is taliban claims. we're still waiting to hear from the u.s. military and isaf officials to see what their side of the story is. we know they are currently investigating what happened. >> nbc's atia abawi with the latest on this story. thank you so much for that. let's go back to the downgrade to the u.s. credit rating. standard & poor's says the u.s. no longer deserves a aaa rating in part because of the big fight in washington over the debt limit. the treasury is firing back, accusing the agency of basing its decisi
the taliban have claimed responsibility. they're also speaking up in a statement, they say that the helicopter was actually attacking one of their compounds in wardak province southwest of the capital of kabul. they say this compound actually was an area where there are taliban fighters operated from. they said as soon as the helicopter started approaching their area, they fired a rocket at this helicopter and that's what made the helicopter crash and kill the americans and the afghans on...
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we are checking on that, joe. >> a little bit more if you have it about the taliban leader who was he? is he still at large? >> well, that's the question. did they get him or not? that's also something they are not telling us at the moment, which suggests that the u.s. military will be returning to this area of eastern afghanistan to deal with what threat they perceived to be left. he is a known taliban leader in this region, somebody they wanted to deal with, responsible for attacks against u.s. troops. and sadly, any number of these guys up and down eastern afghanistan. while we out here may think this is rather extraordinary, it's what they have been doing, what the u.s. troops have been doing in afghanistan, day and night, day after day, week after week, jeff. >> barbara starr, appreciate you staying on top of the story throughout the weekend. if you hear anything else, let us know. >> you bet. >>> president obama is offering his condolences and prayers to the families of the american s.e.a.l.s and afghans killed in the chopper crash. he returned to the white house from camp david
we are checking on that, joe. >> a little bit more if you have it about the taliban leader who was he? is he still at large? >> well, that's the question. did they get him or not? that's also something they are not telling us at the moment, which suggests that the u.s. military will be returning to this area of eastern afghanistan to deal with what threat they perceived to be left. he is a known taliban leader in this region, somebody they wanted to deal with, responsible for...
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. >>> bond was denied monday for two florida men facing charges funneling money to the taliban. the judge sided with prosecutors who said the father and son could be a risk to the community and they are accused of conspiring to provide safe havens for taliban members. >>> opening arguments set to begin in the case of katy anthony who is charged in the death of her daughter caylee. the child's body was found not far from her mother's home. >>> former aid tow sarah palin wrote a book portraying her as calculating and says she was ready to quick months before she actually did resign as governor. the book called blind allegiance a memoir of tumultuous years is being released today. her camp has not commented on it. >>> the mayor of ocean city will let us know how many visitors he expects for the summer. today that mayor is going to discuss the travel forecast for the year as well as traffic and safety measures that will be put in place for what could hope to be a busy travel season. >>> missouri governor says he is confident there are more people out there who survive sunday's torna
. >>> bond was denied monday for two florida men facing charges funneling money to the taliban. the judge sided with prosecutors who said the father and son could be a risk to the community and they are accused of conspiring to provide safe havens for taliban members. >>> opening arguments set to begin in the case of katy anthony who is charged in the death of her daughter caylee. the child's body was found not far from her mother's home. >>> former aid tow sarah...
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not only a human rights campaigners who have been active against drones, it's sympathizers with the taliban, with al-qaeda, who have been putting maximum pressure on the pakistani government, for instance, to end the drone strikes because they are so deadly, so effective and every month you find a new taliban or al-qaeda leader, who has been killed. and the effect is, we are decimating their front line leadership, it means that the new leaders, who are coming to the fore aren't in their 40's and 50's, they're in their 20's and 30's. >> paul: what about the legality of this? is there any doubt in your mind, the u.s. has the authority to pursue this? >> under the authority granted by congress in 9/11, has a right to go after anyone who is responsible for 9/11 or associated with people who are responsible for it, people, groups, or nations. i mean, clearly, he he was part of an al-qaeda in the area. >> there's no doubt here. there is a debate, however, over how far now it's into year 10, how far we can go. can we go after groups in somalia and other groups in yemen and debates in the administr
not only a human rights campaigners who have been active against drones, it's sympathizers with the taliban, with al-qaeda, who have been putting maximum pressure on the pakistani government, for instance, to end the drone strikes because they are so deadly, so effective and every month you find a new taliban or al-qaeda leader, who has been killed. and the effect is, we are decimating their front line leadership, it means that the new leaders, who are coming to the fore aren't in their 40's...
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taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb attack at an afghan military hospital. >>> also, 9:00 a.m. in oklahoma where a manhunt is under way for suspects who shot an off-duty sheriff deputy. >>> also coming up around noontime, just two hours from now, here in atlanta, another republican is jumping into the race for president. who is it, but exactly who is herman cane, anyway? >>> a suicide bomber and possibly even two striking an afghan military hospital. six people dead. taliban, though, claiming responsibility for attack and also saying that the death toll is a whole lot higher. in kabul for us. listen to what he told me last hour. >> at this point, we're told that they don't believe any americans were in that hospital. if americans would have been in there, we're told, it might have been just for a training capacity, but, as far as the patients, the doctors in there were told that we should expect that they were afghans. that these would be either people with the military, people who were wounded because of operations here, security forces that might have been wounded bec
taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb attack at an afghan military hospital. >>> also, 9:00 a.m. in oklahoma where a manhunt is under way for suspects who shot an off-duty sheriff deputy. >>> also coming up around noontime, just two hours from now, here in atlanta, another republican is jumping into the race for president. who is it, but exactly who is herman cane, anyway? >>> a suicide bomber and possibly even two striking an afghan military hospital....
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military chief in afghanistan says a new strike killed the taliban militants who downed a navy seal helicopter. in the meantime, it will be at least three days before the pentagon will finish confirming the identities of those who died. >>> the department of defense says it is investigating the incident that claimed the lives of 30 americans. this is the single deadliest incident for u.s. troops since the war began. >>> more than a dozen people are appearing in federal court today after d.c. police broke up a huge drug ring. the suspects are aging in range from 30 to nearly 70 years old. surae chinn has more. >> reporter: the large drug network dismantled by police yesterday. 29 counts against men and women ages 31 to 68 years old. >> it seems great. make the neighborhood safer, quainter, safer for kids, safer for residents. >> i hope they're getting safer. they don't seem to be. >> do you ever feel nervous living here? >> absolutely. i was mugged two weeks ago walking home. >> the drug ring centered in this area at 7th and o streets northwest. you know what's right here? a children's playgrou
military chief in afghanistan says a new strike killed the taliban militants who downed a navy seal helicopter. in the meantime, it will be at least three days before the pentagon will finish confirming the identities of those who died. >>> the department of defense says it is investigating the incident that claimed the lives of 30 americans. this is the single deadliest incident for u.s. troops since the war began. >>> more than a dozen people are appearing in federal court...
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militarily there's no way the taliban can win as long as we are there. but what this administration is suffering from and what the bush administration was suffering from is they have absolutely as far as i can tell no political plan to resolve the situation in afghanistan. what i want to know, we keep hearing this administration, we heard the last administration talking about there's no military solution in afghanistan. well, if there's a political solution, we haven't heard what it is. how are you going to reconcile the taliban who don't believe in democracy, who believe in having this spiritual leader that runs the country, how are you going to integrate that with the idea of this sort of quasi-democracy, which is a quasiparliamentary democracy. how do you get the taliban to participate in elections, for instance. >> we've got 90,000 american troops, men and women, and their parents back at home and loved ones back at home rooting for them to get out of there at some point alive and not dismembered. steve, that's the question. what kind of a front are
militarily there's no way the taliban can win as long as we are there. but what this administration is suffering from and what the bush administration was suffering from is they have absolutely as far as i can tell no political plan to resolve the situation in afghanistan. what i want to know, we keep hearing this administration, we heard the last administration talking about there's no military solution in afghanistan. well, if there's a political solution, we haven't heard what it is. how are...
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how do you get the taliban to participate in elections, for instance? >> we've got 90,000 american troops, men and women, and their parents back at home and loved ones back at home rooting for them to get out of there at some point alive and not dismembered. steve, that's the question. what kind of a front are we on when it's that soft that no matter what we do, the country that we're using as our ally over there is really on the other side? >> we're in a quagmire. we're in a place where we've become stuck, and this has become a constraint on american power. this is not an example where we're leveraging american power. the neighborhood of turkey, iran, china, see america as a constrained, militarily overstretched player in this and this is only contributing to the sense that america is more impotent in the rest of the world than i think we otherwise could be. >> on that point -- i only have a couple minutes. on that point, president obama, for whatever reason a couple of weeks back, it's stretching to a couple of months back said we're going to get rid
how do you get the taliban to participate in elections, for instance? >> we've got 90,000 american troops, men and women, and their parents back at home and loved ones back at home rooting for them to get out of there at some point alive and not dismembered. steve, that's the question. what kind of a front are we on when it's that soft that no matter what we do, the country that we're using as our ally over there is really on the other side? >> we're in a quagmire. we're in a place...
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one is the question of al qaeda and the taliban. we cut the deal. general powell went over there, secretary of state, got the pakistanis help us go to war with the taliban and get rid of that whole situation in afghanistan. that was the whole foundation of bush policy and it seemed to be working to some extent and it was popular in our country. is that now gone asunder? is the whole strategy of using pakistan to trap the taliban worthless now? >> i think it's ending. i think -- you know, chris, i interviewed a former intelligence chief in pakistan who said, steve, it's very hard for me to overstate the enthusiasm for which pakistani generals have for the taliban for exactly the reason jonathan said. they believe this gives them strategic depth. so, we have the weird position where we are fighting the taliban in afghanistan, who are pakistan's allies, at least a substantial portion of pakistan's allies. now, i've met general kayani and others that are very responsible military leaders inside pakistan and they have fought a hard fight, but not as hard
one is the question of al qaeda and the taliban. we cut the deal. general powell went over there, secretary of state, got the pakistanis help us go to war with the taliban and get rid of that whole situation in afghanistan. that was the whole foundation of bush policy and it seemed to be working to some extent and it was popular in our country. is that now gone asunder? is the whole strategy of using pakistan to trap the taliban worthless now? >> i think it's ending. i think -- you know,...
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taliban claiming responsibility. you see this as being a likely outcome of what may have transpired? >> well, it sounds like it is. it is extremely unusual. special operations forces typically will conduct a mission without afghans, and they'll do it in the stealthy situation that is usually in a raid that this sends right out an objective and catches them by surprise. it's very unusual for special operations forces to be involved in an incident quite like this. it may still be special forces, which like i said, are american units that are dropped into areas to train locals. that may still come out to be that. >> a difference between special forces and special operations force. >> special forces are green beret guys. they have a number of different capabilities. each person is cross-trained. they have language capability as well. they go into areas in afghanistan, iraq, and other places to train local indigenous forces to defend themselves. special operations forces, on the other hand, are s.e.a.l.s, rangers, delta f
taliban claiming responsibility. you see this as being a likely outcome of what may have transpired? >> well, it sounds like it is. it is extremely unusual. special operations forces typically will conduct a mission without afghans, and they'll do it in the stealthy situation that is usually in a raid that this sends right out an objective and catches them by surprise. it's very unusual for special operations forces to be involved in an incident quite like this. it may still be special...
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military officials say a nato airstrike has killed the taliban fighters who shot down u.s. helicopter over the week. during that attack, 30 american troops died and that was the deadliest attack in the war. the victims includes members of the elite field team six but not those same people who carried out the mission that killed osama bin laden. i have some pictures of some of the men what died. officials plan to release all of the victims' name soon. they were flown if as support team for another that came under attack while hunting a taliban heard. the remains of the heroes arrived yesterday at dover air force base where the president attended a private ceremony. what more do we know? >>guest: what we have been told today is that they were not on a rescue mission. the army ranger whose called them in, this seal team 6 and the other special operators that were flying with them were part of the original mission and essentially they were called in to go after some taliban fighters who were escaping from where the firefight had been taking place and they were the backup trying
military officials say a nato airstrike has killed the taliban fighters who shot down u.s. helicopter over the week. during that attack, 30 american troops died and that was the deadliest attack in the war. the victims includes members of the elite field team six but not those same people who carried out the mission that killed osama bin laden. i have some pictures of some of the men what died. officials plan to release all of the victims' name soon. they were flown if as support team for...
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it is believed that the bomber was linked to al-qaeda and the taliban. however, no one has claimed responsibility. >>> wiki leaks founder julian assange said his company had every right to publish volumes of secret pentagon and state department cables. the u.s. government wants to charge assange with espionage. in a interview on 60 minutes assange said it is his first amendment right to publish that information. >> there are a special set of rules for soldiers, for members of the state department who are disclosing classified information. there is a lot of special rules for publishers that disclose classified information. and there is the first amendment and it covers the case. and there has been no precedent that i'm aware of in the past 50 years of prosecuting a publisher for espionage. it is just not done. >> assange also said wiki leaks has distributeden crypted and unpublished information to 100,000 people so that the organizations' work will be able to continue. assange is currently under house arrest in england while fighting extradition to swede
it is believed that the bomber was linked to al-qaeda and the taliban. however, no one has claimed responsibility. >>> wiki leaks founder julian assange said his company had every right to publish volumes of secret pentagon and state department cables. the u.s. government wants to charge assange with espionage. in a interview on 60 minutes assange said it is his first amendment right to publish that information. >> there are a special set of rules for soldiers, for members of...
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i think the effort in afghanistan restricted the ability of osama bin laden and the taliban and al qaeda to perform other acts of terrorism and it has been hugely important in that regard. >> tony, in hindsight, you look back on the years you spent in the white house with the special insight you had, what do you think president bush could have done differently to nab osama bin laden during his administration? >> i think everything was done by both administrations to try to get to osama bin laden, to try to obtain the right amount of human intelligence, electronic intelligence, to build the structures and relationships in these countries to gather that intelligence. it is a very long process. i think actually the capture of osama bin laden -- the killing of osama bin laden in this effort is exposing just how long it takes to develop a well executed plan to go after these high value terrorists. there is a lot that goes into it, a lot of moving parts, you know, even to the point of special operations forces having to train in afghanistan to execute the mission. these are very complex by eno
i think the effort in afghanistan restricted the ability of osama bin laden and the taliban and al qaeda to perform other acts of terrorism and it has been hugely important in that regard. >> tony, in hindsight, you look back on the years you spent in the white house with the special insight you had, what do you think president bush could have done differently to nab osama bin laden during his administration? >> i think everything was done by both administrations to try to get to...
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not a surprise that it would be a target of the taliban. they are trying to undermine the government here going after high profile security targets. in the past few days the afghan taliban which is having its spring offensive right now carried out a spectacular attack on a bus carrying police officers in another part of the country. many dead and injured as a result of those attacks. as i said, they're in the spring offensive trying to show how resurgent they are right now. just a few weeks ago in the southern city of kandahar they had a two-day attack. many people killed and injured. taliban saying they are strong and not going away and don't want to be a part of peace or reconciliation effort with this government. >> mohammad jamjoom for us in kabul. we appreciate you as always. let's turn for what we're hearing from army general david petraeus issuing a warning today telling the international and american forces under his command in afghanistan to be aware of the potential for high profile attacks over the summer. the warning comes a day
not a surprise that it would be a target of the taliban. they are trying to undermine the government here going after high profile security targets. in the past few days the afghan taliban which is having its spring offensive right now carried out a spectacular attack on a bus carrying police officers in another part of the country. many dead and injured as a result of those attacks. as i said, they're in the spring offensive trying to show how resurgent they are right now. just a few weeks ago...
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the pakistani taliban claimed he was a soldier at the camp who volunteered for this this attack. crews quickly cordoned off the area to the point where even police had a hard time getting on to the facility will. these types of training camps are usually very secure, but this kid getting in with explosives is seen as a major security failure for the military here and this same training facility was attacked by a suicide bomber back in 2006. that incident left 35 soldiers dead about that this shows that despite army operations against taliban and al qaeda hideouts along the pakistan-afghanistan border, insurgents are still able to strike back. >> aaron, thanks very much. >>> the terror threat is the highest it has been since september 11th. that's what janet napolitano tells a congressional panel. she testified that affiliates of al qaeda are spreading and recruiting westerners. she said she also worries about a lone wolf who might not be able to be stopped in time. osama bin laden is no longer the biggest threat to the u.s. homeland. the man in charge of the national counterterro
the pakistani taliban claimed he was a soldier at the camp who volunteered for this this attack. crews quickly cordoned off the area to the point where even police had a hard time getting on to the facility will. these types of training camps are usually very secure, but this kid getting in with explosives is seen as a major security failure for the military here and this same training facility was attacked by a suicide bomber back in 2006. that incident left 35 soldiers dead about that this...
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the taliban sleeper agent killed five. four afghan soldiers and an interpreter. the day before, a suicide bomber in police uniform, entered the kandahar police headquarters, and blew himself up, killing the region's top police chief. >> reporter: the attacks from the calendar comes as taliban is trying to bolster its own top defenses. the afghan army is recruiting with the goal of 305,000 troops by the end of this year. the obama administration is relying on the strength of the afghan military as it plans to start drawing down u.s. forces in july. nearly 100,000 u.s. combat troops are currently deployed in afghanistan. charlie d'agata, wjz eyewitness news. >>> now, america's top commander has vowed to aggressively go after taliban fighters this spring and summer. that is when fighting is expected to intensify. >>> notre dame university says its football staff was using outdated weather stripping. a student was filming from a crane in november, when a strong gust of wind knocked it over. the football service was not using the latest weather service advisory that d
the taliban sleeper agent killed five. four afghan soldiers and an interpreter. the day before, a suicide bomber in police uniform, entered the kandahar police headquarters, and blew himself up, killing the region's top police chief. >> reporter: the attacks from the calendar comes as taliban is trying to bolster its own top defenses. the afghan army is recruiting with the goal of 305,000 troops by the end of this year. the obama administration is relying on the strength of the afghan...
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but some afghan women say they are grateful to america for freeing them from taliban rule. she says, ten years ago women couldn't go out without a man. now we're able to shop and work. but on the 10th anniversary of the war, the taliban is leading an insurgency determined to derail u.s. plans to stabilize the country. tina kraus, cbs news. >>> prosecutors in the conrad murray trial are playing a never before heard recording of the doctor's conversation with police about the final hours of michael jackson's life. when jackson couldn't sleep. in the two-hour-long interview, murray describes a long night when jackson couldn't sleep. he told detectives he had already given the singer drugs such as lorazepam, but added the powerful anesthetic propofol about mid-morning. jackson referred to it as milk. it. >> conrad, robert murray. [ pause ] >> later in the recording, murray tells investigators about some bags of evidence hidden in a bedroom closet. >>> the occupy movement is gaining some momentum. [ chanting ] >> but what are they really protesting? corporate greed, unemployment
but some afghan women say they are grateful to america for freeing them from taliban rule. she says, ten years ago women couldn't go out without a man. now we're able to shop and work. but on the 10th anniversary of the war, the taliban is leading an insurgency determined to derail u.s. plans to stabilize the country. tina kraus, cbs news. >>> prosecutors in the conrad murray trial are playing a never before heard recording of the doctor's conversation with police about the final hours...
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getting ready to launch a raid on a taliban stronghold and the taliban fired a grenade and took out the helicopter on the heels of increasing violence month after month in afghanistan for the last year, two years violence has been getting worst and not much positive news in afghanistan and this will not make anyone happy here. it is a devastating blow to the u.s. military here. >>dave: thank you from afghanistan. you wonder if this means we should get out or stay? an interesting political devied. >>clayton: especially given what we know on the withdrawal. >>juliet: and the other break news the standard & poor's has downgraded the united states debt from aaa rating for the first time ever under president obama's administration. not a good thing. and this raises questions whether treasury secretary geithner should resign. >>clayton: republican senator from south carolina, senator demint, says, yes, and joins on the phone. nice to have you this morning, senator. >>guest: thank you, i'm afraid it is a sad day for a lot of reasons particularly losing our troops in afghanistan. secretary geit
getting ready to launch a raid on a taliban stronghold and the taliban fired a grenade and took out the helicopter on the heels of increasing violence month after month in afghanistan for the last year, two years violence has been getting worst and not much positive news in afghanistan and this will not make anyone happy here. it is a devastating blow to the u.s. military here. >>dave: thank you from afghanistan. you wonder if this means we should get out or stay? an interesting political...
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when you came into afghanistan, the taliban -- when we came into afghanistan, the taliban was streaking women terribly. >> three basic points. i will recall what joshua said earlier with regard to the resistance of afghanistan of someone trying to impose their values with regard to the order of the place. what we westerners find objects know -- find objectionable with regard to the social order is part of a larger issue regarding the state of women. i do not want to denigrate atrocities or abuses with regard to the taliban. even if the taliban were to go away and we had someone else in charge of afghanistan, we would be witnessing a culture and a role for women that most of us would find pretty findabhorrent. -- find pretty darn abhorrent. we have to pick our goals and pick our fights. when i was still in government during the first few months of the bush administration prior to 9/11, there was policy deliberation about what we do with regard to the afghanistan/caliban problem. it was seen the way -- with regard to the afghanistan/taliban problem. how do we persuade the taliban to cough
when you came into afghanistan, the taliban -- when we came into afghanistan, the taliban was streaking women terribly. >> three basic points. i will recall what joshua said earlier with regard to the resistance of afghanistan of someone trying to impose their values with regard to the order of the place. what we westerners find objects know -- find objectionable with regard to the social order is part of a larger issue regarding the state of women. i do not want to denigrate atrocities...